Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy and hazy, with a few showers

Forecaster: Lucious Frederick

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last Night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 81%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 8.2 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 55.4 mm.

Sunset today: 6:27 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:34 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy and hazy, with a few showers.

Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to take the necessary precautions due to reduced air quality.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:53 pm…. High at 7:47 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:37 am… Low at 2:20 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

Small craft operators should exercise caution due to reduced visibility.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Cloudy with widely scattered light to moderate showers and isolated thunderstorms over the northern Windward and Leeward Islands. Further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

Moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period. Conditions will improve today as the system drifts westward out of the region.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 to 17 mph.

A plume of Saharan dust haze will cause a reduction in visibility and air quality across the region, over the next few days.